Rewarding Career Paths for Teachers:

Regional Meeting - November 14-15, 2004

Building A Professionally Rewarding Career for Teachers

The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) hosted a six-state (ID, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA) regional meeting to discuss teacher compensation and tiered licensure. The meeting was sponsored by Washington Mutual and was convened on November 14-15, 2004, at the Hotel Monaco in Seattle, Washington.

Meeting Goals:

Through interactions with experts and state team participants, to gain a better understanding for:

1. Alternative teacher compensation systems, including pay for performance and knowledge- and skill-based pay systems;
2. How tiered licensure systems and differentiated staffing in schools relate to alternative types of compensation systems.

See the links below for more information about this meeting:

• Agenda
• Background Reading Materials and Resources (links in pdf document are active)
• Definitions of Teacher Compensation and Tiered Licensure Systems
• Biographies of Presenters
• Participants
• NCTAF President Tom Carroll's Presentation
• State Team Preparation Worksheets (pre-meeting)
• State Team Action Planning Worksheet (on-site)
  

Presenters' Materials

• Exploring Alternatives to the Single Salary Schedule; by Dr. Dan Goldhaber, Research Associate Professor, University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs and Center for Reinventing Public Education
• Arizona Teacher Compensation Models, by Penny Kotterman, Past President, Arizona Education Association
• Knowledge and Skills Based Pay Plan in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; by Dr. Cyndy Simms, Superintendent, Mercer Island School District
• Building a Rewarding Career for New Mexico Teachers; by James Ball (New Mexico Public Education Department), Charles Bowyer (New Mexico NEA), Rosalita Mitchell (University of New Mexico), Robert Moulton (New Mexico State University), and Peter Winograd (New Mexico Office of Education Accountability)